Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma By Bessel van der Kolk “The Body Keeps the Score” was written by Dr. Bessel van der … [Read more...]
GTL tablets begin a slow rollout
California prisoners are receiving free Global Tel Link (GTL) Connect Network tablets designed to help them communicate with the outside … [Read more...]
Compassion Prison Project takes aim at prisoner trauma
Group promotes safer society by treating root causes of incarceration Compassion Prison Project (CPP) founder Fritzi Horstman and … [Read more...]
No More Tears grads embrace accountability, heal history of violence
A group of men learned how to abandon their history of violence in an intensive workshop in San Quentin Prison. “It’s been a long journey but we … [Read more...]
1000 Mile Club hosts six-mile race
The 1000 Mile Club runners once again leaned into the starting line on the first Friday of October for a six-mile race. J. Strange did not … [Read more...]
CSU-LA graduates more than two dozen incarcerated students at Lancaster prison
For the first time in California history, a group of incarcerated men received their Bachelor of Arts degrees from a California University during a … [Read more...]
Ifá community losing respected leader
Dr. Noel Amherd will soon be moving out of the Bay Area after eight years of being the spiritual leader for members of the Ifá (pronounced e-fa) … [Read more...]
Honoring incarcerated Veterans
Costly mistakes have landed an estimated 107,400 veterans in prison, according to a 2021 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. But many say they … [Read more...]
Pizza makes it all better?
Satire / Humor - Talk about a morale booster! If you almost died during the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, you may be entitled … [Read more...]
Arkansas jail under investigation for using anti-parasitic to treat COVID
An Arkansas jail is under investigation by the state Medical Board for giving its prisoners an anti-parasite drug to treat COVID-19, The Associated … [Read more...]